WXV: Parisian Nice Lyon Reindeers

[Justin Bieber]

Round 17

Cobras-Reindeers Set up Double Header

Cape Town Cobras (21.15.141) lost to PNL Reindeers (23.13.151)

Best
Cape Town: D Tyson, S Martin, T Cotchin, T Hawkisn, D Thomas, JP Kennedy
PNL: J Westhoff, M Priddis, N Jones, M Lobbe, K Simpson, M Jaensch

Reserves
Cape Town Cobras (13.7.85) lost to Marseille Kings (15.12.102)

Best
Cape Town: A Sexton, D Kent
Marseille: H Grundy, T Goldsack, Z Merrett

Last round and a win with a big 150 score! Had a good week taking out another top 8 side while cementing a spot at #5 on the ladder. Certainly was a tough match with both sides having big names go huge and funny enough, the best afield were also our top 6 in the best and fairest :P. Priddis and Jones continue their fine form while Hoffman and Lobbe put a stamp on their ability to lock down key spots in the side and put on performances when we need others to step up. Marseilles also end the season with another win and a huge win-streak AND the minor premiership under their belt!!! So that helps the wounds of missing the top 4 in Seniors this season.

B&F Votes
3 J. Westhoff
2 M. Priddis
1 N. Jones

[Justin Bieber]

Finals Week 1

Cobra Dream, Reindeer Nightmare

PNL Reindeers (21.17.143) lost to Cape Town Cobras (24.14.158)

Best
PNL: M Priddis, K Simpson, M Jaensch, N Jones, M Lobbe
Cape Town: A Cooney, D Thomas, JP Kennedy, S Higgins, J Darling, S Martin, T Cotchin

CAPE TOWN Progresses to a SEMI FINAL
PNL finishes 7th

MATT PRIDDIS wins a FINALS CHAMPION Medal

Marseille Kings (14.21.105) defeated Port Morseby Iguanadons (12.13.85)

Best
Marseille: J Patton, TT Lynch, C Dawes
Port Morseby: H Cunningham, B Martin

MARSEILLE Progresses to a PRELIMINARY FINAL
PORT MORSEBY Progresses to a SEMI FINAL

Just as we were excited to make our first ever finals appearance in Worlds, it was taken away from us from a beastly Cape Town outfit, who lifted their game while we fell off from the previous round :(. In the end they had too much fire power and finals experience for our mob who were awe-stricken and unable to compete even with a respectable score of 143. Priddis was near unstoppable this round as Captain, amassing 21.6% of the total PNL score as Captain, the best on ground in a losing final. Kade and Jaensch also put in good performances out of defence, but were unable to stem the flow of the Cobra forwards :(. Finished 5th on the ladder, but 7th after finals, so not the best year but certainly alot better than previous seasons so we'll take it and look to the future.

At least Marseilles handed Port Morseby a defeat in the reserves to move forward to the Prelims.

B&F FINAL Votes -
3 M. Priddis
2 K. Simpson
1 M. Jaensch

[Justin Bieber]

AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNDDDDDDDDDDDD The winner of the PNL Best and Fairest Award for the 2014 season is..............



Pridda had an outstanding year, his best in 3 seasons with PNL. Not only was he our top scorer and a reliable Captain option (or Co-Captain with Jones), but he was able to pump out huge scores and was what PNL needed in our top midfielder, Come second half of the season and he was having fun and smashing the opposition on the field as shown by the amount of votes he polled after the bye round, running away with the award. He was clearly the best player for us all year long and a well-deserving winner of the award! Tied for 2nd place was Nathan Jones as well as our top defender and forward in Kade Simpson and Justin Westhoff. All 3 showed that they can stand up when we need them, although didn't have the consistency of Pridda which was ultimately their undoing.

FINAL B&F TABLE

23 M. Priddis
14 Votes - N. Jones, K. Simpson, J. Westhoff
11 Votes - M. Jaensch
9 Votes - M. Lobbe
8 Votes -  C. Rioli
4 Votes - D. Myers
3 Votes - C. Enright
2 Votes - F. Ray, C. Wingard, T. Lynch, D. Shiel
1 Vote - J. Harbrow

[Justin Bieber]

Reserves Preliminary Final

Marseille Kings (15.12.102) defeated Alexandria Hieroglyphics (13.13.91)

Best
Marseille: M Williams, H Grundy, Jackson Trengove
Alexandria: T Chaplin, J Cripps

(Note Rowe subbed in for Hutchings for Cairo)

MARSEILLE progresses to the GRAND FINAL
ALEXANDRIA finishes 3rd

MARSEILLE!!!! Wasn't the best display and had some luck on our side in order to beat Alexandria to make the Grand Final. Certainly had stalwarts from defence carrying us this round and was able to get us over the line and put us back against Mexico City in the Grand Final, a repeat of the 2012 Reserves GF!

Time for the Marseille's MVP award! Now certainly a tough award to decide with many players featuring for us here.



One man was consistently in our reserves all season long bar one or two games here and there for the PNL bench, and provided much needed support for the youngsters in the side as they blossom for the team. Heath Grundy was this man, showing up every week, whether it was for seniors or reserves, and put in a great effort and was vital in order for Marseille to put on a massive win streak after starting the season poorly.

[Nige]

^ This just make me sad.  :(

[DazBurg]

Backs: Kade Simpson, Nick Malceski, Corey Enright, Jarrod Harbrow
(Seb Tape, Jed Bews, Tyson Goldsack, Jackson Trengove, Marley Williams, Luke McPharlin, Matthew Watson, Kyle Hardingham, Andrew McInnes, Christian Howard, Xavier Richards (R)).

Mids: Matt Priddis, Nathan Jones, Daniel Rich, Luke Ball, David Myers, Farren Ray
(Jack Billings (Fwd), Dylan Shiel, Brad McKenzie, Mitch Hallahan, Elliott Kavanagh, Anthony Morabito, Tom Sheridan, Zachary O'Brien (R)).

Rucks: Matthew Lobbe
(Jonathon Griffin, Sam Naismith Angus Graham (R)).

Fwds: Chad Wingard (Mid), Justin Westhoff, Cyril Rioli, Tom. T. Lynch
(Jonathan Patton, Levi Casboult, Liam Jones, Zach Merrett, Trent Dennis-Lane, Ayce Cordy, Luke Reynolds, John Butcher, Tom Cambell

Picks: #6, #15, #81, #87

[Jroo]

What the flower is Shiel doing in the reserves?
I'm hearing he could be requesting a trade to the Suns  ;) :P

[Memphistopheles]

What the flower is Shiel doing in the reserves?
I'm hearing he could be requesting a trade to the Cobras  ;) :P

Fixed :P

[Memphistopheles]

Though I'm almost certain he will take Ball's spot in the Best XV

[DazBurg]

Though I'm almost certain he will take Ball's spot in the Best XV

already took it just basically not in order
(as you can tell by tape being first named mentioned in DEF bench was just easiest to slot his name there on my word document and shiel just haven't changed since whenever we first done that list so last off season i suppose)


and for shiel to move you'd have to pay massive overs....more inclined to trade out westy or pridda before shiel :P

[Hellopplz]

2014 Trade period involved PNL making a record 11 trades by them! 3 are yet to be decided upon.

H. Grundy + A. Corr FOR A. Morabito + #80
M. Thomas + C. Dawes + #33 FOR N. Malceski + S. Tape + #49
#49 FOR K. Hardingham + #81
M. Jaensch + C. Smith + C. Shenton FOR #5 + S. Naismith + J. Butcher
#69 + #80 FOR T. Campbell
#5 + J. Grant FOR #6 + T. Sheridan
#51 FOR J. Bews
#81 FOR #84 + PSD #9
*#15 + L. Jones + T. Goldsack + X. Richards FOR #58 + Swan
*K. Simpson + J. Butcher + #87 FOR L. Hodge + C. Moller + #32
*#84 FOR T. Golds

So this would make it the below:

INS: #6, #32, #58, PSD #9, D. Swan, L. Hodge, N. Malceski, T. Sheridan, T. Campbell, A. Morabito, J. Bews, S. Tape, S. Naismith, C. Moller, K. Hardingham, T. Golds.

OUTS: #15, #33, #51, #69, #87, M. Jaensch, K. Simpson, C. Smith, C. Shenton, J. Grant, L. Jones, H. Grundy, M. Thomas, T. Goldsack, C. Dawes, A. Corr, X. Richards.

[kilbluff1985]

did very well

[Hellopplz]

Introducing the new draftees so far!

With #6 pick in the draft, Jayden Laverde was selected!


Laverde slipped in the real draft, but his skills are there to make an impact from the get go. We needed a high class mid for the future, and he now joins the likes of Sheridan, Hallahan and Shiel in the younger brigade. Although he'll start out as a mid, we're hoping his versatility in the long term will change him into a more Goddard-esque style player, with the potential for DPP to help other positions.

With the departure of Kade Simpson, Hodge + #32 were traded in, in which Jarrod Garlett was selected.


Although has a thin frame, he has blistering pace and is solid enough with his kicking and can hit the scoreboard. We're hoping he can play a few games this year for Marseilles and hopefully able to make a name for himself in the long term. Becoming a forward wouldn't hurt as well in the future as would make a great set up combined with other youngsters Wingard, Billings and Zerrett.

With our last pick in the Nat draft at #58, we welcome Jordan Kelly to fill out our list.


Given new life at the Dogs and had some good VFL form this season, we're willing to give him a second chance at PNL. Although there is plenty of back depth at PNL, should injury strike he could come in handy should he play. Although it still is a punt on him at the Doggies, was worth the risk over one of the proven veterans delisted by other teams.

[Hellopplz]

PNL Rookie List:

Zac O'Brien


Despite some impressive performances this year, only played a handful of games for Marseilles. Showed awesome form in the NEAFL and will hopefully play more in the future as entering his prime. But due to midfield room being pretty stocked, thought we can keep him on the rookie list for another season and see how he progresses, as he was very close to a senior spot this season!

Conor McKenna


Conor is a raw project player but we have patience at PNL and believe he could be quite a good player one day. Happy to have him on the list as he has shown to have great potential if he can adapt to the AFL game, and who knows if he may play this year due to the Bombers scandal :-X.

Tom Simpkin


Such a rugged young man. Just look at that handsomeness! Was drafted due to possibly playing a few games this season, he'll surely get a crack here and there and worth a punt on our rookie list as did some decent stuff in the VFL last year.

Luke Delaney


Look at those muscles! Defence is a bit lacking, so worth a punt as should play quite a bit for Marseilles and could slot into the side if he is able to play a bit more up the ground. But we're happy with him just helping Marseilles in our long search for a Reserves Premiership!

Thomas Vandeleur


We like to call him awkward since he arrived at our headquarters in Paris. He's meshing well and we're slowly bringing him out of his shell. On his potential, long term prospect for defending, but may not be anything special. But he had the best name left and my extended coaching panel at the time voted we should take the punt on him, so here we are :P.

[Purple 77]

Put Simpkin in a reindeer costume and you have your picture perfect mascot  8)